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Acquiring Economic Notions: Profit
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986The study examines how an economic concept changes when children undergo different kinds of experiences simulated by means of tutorial and critical training. The final sample was composed of 68 third-grade Italian children, subdivided into a control group (given only a pre and post-test interview about buying and selling) and three experimental groups
BERTI, ANNA EMILIA +2 more
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Economic Measurement of Capital and Profitability
Recherches économiques de Louvain, 1995SummaryIn this paper, we intend to offer a critical review of the different concepts of capital and the different methods which are used to measure it. At the same time, we propose an endogenous approach which tries to measure the capital stock in terms of value, explicitly referring to depreciation as an economic variable decided by the firm. Applying
Francisco JAVIER ESCRIBÁ-PÉREZ +1 more
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The Economics of For-Profit Education
2010For-profit higher education has grown rapidly in the United States over the last 20 years. Examples include vocational schools, technical training, in-house corporate education, the DeVry Institute, Phoenix University, and other new for-profit colleges.
Sam Papenfuss, Tyler Cowen
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The Economic Essence of Profit and Profitability Under Socialism
Problems in Economics, 1969In connection with increasing the role of profit and profitability under the conditions of the economic reforms carried out in the socialist countries, economists of the Soviet Union and of other socialist countries have been confronted by the task of intensifying the theoretical elaboration of problems of profit and profitability and of means of ...
M. Atlas, R. Vinokur
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The intertemporal behavior of economic profits
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1985Abstract The intertemporal behavior of economic profits is examined. Tests show that profit rates are not independent of their initial level. A set of tests for the nature of the profit adjustment mechanism is proposed and a stock market-based profit measure is employed.
Robert A. Connolly, Steven Schwartz
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The Economic Profitability of IPO Underperformance*
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004This paper tests the economic profitability of a zero-investment trading strategy based on knowledge of IPO underperformance and on estimates of pre-IPO earnings management. This trading strategy is implemented by forming two-firm portfolios that take short positions in the IPOs and long positions in control firms matched by industry and market ...
William W. Stammerjohan, Yan Xiong
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Productivity, profitability and economic insecurity
International Journal of Social Economics, 1997For some time, economists have taken note of a reversal in the historic rise in living standards in the USA and its serious consequences. Namely, for some persons and families, living standards of late have not improved at all and, worse yet, for others their financial fortunes have actually deteriorated.
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The Economics Of For-Profit And Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Health Affairs, 2000This paper examines the economics of for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals through the prism of capital acquisitions. The exercise suggests that of two hospitals that are equally efficient in producing health care, the for-profit hospital would have to charge higher prices than the not-for-profit hospital would, to break even on capital acquisitions.
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1983
The connection between profit and economic theory is an intimate one. Economic analysis, in very large part, developed only with the maturing of a capitalist system in which production activities became overwhelmingly organised on the basis of profitability. Moreover, the attempt to understand such a system has been the focal point of economic interest
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The connection between profit and economic theory is an intimate one. Economic analysis, in very large part, developed only with the maturing of a capitalist system in which production activities became overwhelmingly organised on the basis of profitability. Moreover, the attempt to understand such a system has been the focal point of economic interest
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Inflation Adjusted Economic Profit
The Engineering Economist, 2003Abstract In this paper, we measure economic profit in an inflationary environment. Inflation adjusted economic profit requires two principal alterations to Economic Value Added (EVA[rgrave]). First, because inflation increases the replacement cost of non-current assets above book value, one must make a downward adjustment to EVA[rgrave] to correctly ...
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